Today I’m sharing my second Scrappy Trip Around the World Quilt. The first scrappy trip quilt was so fun to make that I couldn’t resist making another! This time I used all cotton and steel fabrics from various lines in blues, aqua’s and yellows.
I made 30 blocks using Bonnie from Quiltville’s tutorial to make a throw size.
For this Scrappy Trip quilt, I cut a bunch of 2.5in strips in the various colors I wanted to use and then randomly made blocks from them. I like to keep the middle color cohesive and went with the dark blues for that.
You can see how I organized the fabric strips by color below.
This fabric pull is from a previous quilt I made and I loved it so much that I had to find another quilt to make with it. Even though they use the same fabrics, they look completely different.
I use Bonnie’s pressing instructions to make the blocks but then don’t press completed blocks at all until it’s a quilt top. This allows me to nest seams the whole way through and no pins are needed. It becomes a little bit of a puzzle when pressing the quilt top but both times it’s worked out well for me.
I quilted this one with straight lines along side each seam using my walking foot.
I kept my backing neutral with this fun grey metallic print by Cotton and Steel.
I have a feeling this won’t be my last scrappy trip quilt :)
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That is a beautiful scrappy Trips quilt!
Thank you :)
I love this pattern too! Those blocks are quite addictive to make… I keep thinking, just one more. Then another. And another.
I love everything you make!
Oh, what a beautiful quilt! I love the colour combination and what a great way to use up scraps! I also love how this turns into almost an Irish chain design, just very random and modern. Thanks for the link to the tutorial!
This is just beautiful. I LOVE your mix of fabrics – just perfect!
Hello! I absolutely LOVE your scrappy trip quilt! I am going to attempt one for my next quilt, and I love how you kept your middle color the same. I a trying to figure out where the strip with the color that you want (dark blue in your case) should go when you are putting your strips together. In the tutorial, her block shows the brown one strip in from the edge, and making up the center of her block. Is this how you placed your blue fabrics?
Thanks so much for any help!!
I think I put it second or third. The more important placement to worry about is where it goes once the tube is cut and ripped and ready to sew back together as a block. When I was ready to sew the cut strips into the block, I made sure that the navy color was the very first block on the bottom left. Hope that helps! These are so fun to make :)
I love your fabric pull. Those are some yummy colors and the pattern is just fantastic!
Thank you!
Did you square up your blocks after they were all made? If so do you know what your dimensions were? LOVE this quilt!!
I did not square them up! And thank you :) I think each block was about 12.5in square unfinished.